If NERC is assuming major solar and wind output to meet peak need, their findings are ridiculously unreliable. The combination of using wind and solar with merely average conditions makes…
Tag: NERC
Will the President pursue grid reliability?
NERC is authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and FERC rules to maintain and improve the reliability of the grid by issuing standards and procedures that grid users…
Honey, I Shrunk the Power Plant!
Given the cost, risks, and lack of benefits, why is there lots of support for CCUS? Cheyenne perhaps suggests one answer. Cheyenne lies at the intersection of two major rail…
International Regulatory Authority Says California Grid at Risk of Energy Shortfalls
“With a resource portfolio that includes a substantial amount of solar [panels], the risk of supply shortfall is associated with summer evening periods when demand is high and solar output…
‘Energy-Limited Resources’: Huge Swaths Of America Face Blackout Risks If Winter Is Bitter, Grid Watchdog Warns
Hundreds of millions of Americans risk experiencing power shortages this winter if weather conditions are harsh, according to a new report published by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC),…
Wind and Solar Resource Availability Fatal Flaw
Given the entrenched crony capitalists and special interests supporting wind and solar any shift in direction, even if necessary to protect health and safety, will be a tremendous lift.
America’s Power Grid Could Buckle Under Sweltering Summer Heat, Watchdog Warns
Considerable portions of the U.S. are facing heightened risks of blackouts over the summer months, according to a new report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).
NERC ducks extreme cold grid threats
…they ignore the greatest threat of all, which is blackouts caused by extreme, deadly cold weather.
New high risk, high reward studies will tackle key unanswered questions about our planet
NERC has invested £25 million in a host of high risk, high reward research projects to tackle critical environment challenges
A Simple Reason Why Net Zero Is Impossible
None of this impossibility is being considered in today’s reliability assessments.
Save America’s Grid!
It is the mad rush to replace reliable coals and nuclear power plants with weather dependent wind and solar power. This simply does not work and we are beginning to…
Obama wants the Electric Reliability Corporation to stop assessing electric reliability
Guest post by Alec Rawls NERC (the North American Electric Reliability Corporation) must have thought it was taking a step up when a 2005 law made the non-profit group an…
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